Aqueous liquid detergent compositions that remain clear and liquid over a wide range of temperatures are provided comprising an ampholytic betaine-type detergent, a nonionic surfactant, and a complexing agent. The ampholytic betaines that are employed in the liquid detergent compositions of the invention have the formula:

wherein: 1. R represents an aliphatic or cycloaliphatic group having from about six to about 22 carbon atoms or an aromatic group linked to the oxygen of the OR group via a carbon of the aromatic nucleus and having from one to six alkyl groups totalling from about four to about 18 carbon atoms in the alkyl groups, each alkyl group having from one to about 18 carbon atoms; 2. R1 and R2 are selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups having from one to about three carbon atoms; 3. N1, N2 AND N3 REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS IN EACH UNIT, AND ARE WITHIN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 2 TO ABOUT 4; 4. M1, M2 AND M3 REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF OXYALKYLENE UNITS, AND ARE WITHIN THE RANGE FROM 0 TO ABOUT 10; AND 5. N4 REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS IN THE UNIT, AND IS WITHIN THE RANGE FROM 1 TO ABOUT 4.